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I cant tell you how many times I have heard the words " You are such a Martha Stewart" (haha) I just love crafting, diy, painting, sewing, and home decorating. It gives me great satisfaction to look around my house and say " I MADE THAT!"

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

I am so excited to tell you guys about Shabby Apple! They offer unique vintage inspired clothing and accessories, and they even have a little girls line! (squeal) The dress line by Shabby Apple is so awesome! I seriously want everyone! I love the fact that they are modest and modern at the same time. Here are a few of my favorites...

Not only is the clothing awesome, but the jewelery is AMAZING!!! Each piece is so unique and timeless. So believe me when I say I was in shock when they contacted me a few weeks ago about giving away this awesome necklace!!!

1st entry is MANDATORY, go to Shabby Apple and then leave a comment here with your favorite thing from the site. It can be anything dresses, skirts, jewelry, etc.

2nd entry is also MANDATORY, Become a fan of Shabby Apple on Facebook

- Bonus Entries, you can get additional entries if you...

(3rd) Become a follower of Becoming Martha :D

(4th) "Like" Becoming Martha's Facebook page!

If you do all four things then you will have 4 entries, just leave me a separate comment for each entry!!!

I'll pick one winner using random.org sometime on Friday, Dec. 2nd

If you don't win or just can't wait to get your hands on something from the site, here is a special discount code for 10% off. Use "becomingmartha10off"at checkout. This code will work for 30 days.

Details: The winner must live in the Continental United States. Please leave your email in your comment if it is not linked to your Google account so I will have a way to contact you! Good Luck to you all!

Friday, November 18, 2011

Good morning to everyone! Thank you all for entering our giveaway Monday, I am so excited to announce the winner of our very first contest...

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(Not sure why I can see 16 in my edit, but NOT on the page! Sorry guys I will try to figure that out before the next giveaway!)

Monday, November 14, 2011

It is our very first GIVEAWAY!!! I am so excited to be able to let one lucky reader choose a cute flower pin from our new Etsy shop.... Becoming Martha Boutique I am still working on the inventory, but very soon it will be stocked with all sorts of cuteness! :)

So here is how the giveaway will work... I would like you to leave comments on this post for entries! Each person can have up to 3 entries by doing the following.

1. Follow Becoming Martha on Facebook! Then come back and leave a comment like, "LIKED on you fb"

2. Become a follower of this blog! You can do that by clicking the follow button on my sidebar. Then leave a separate comment like "I am a follower"

3. Comment and tell me which flower you would like and who it is for. :)

For the comments to count they need to be separate comments for all THREE! Then, Friday November 18th, I will enter the number of comments on random.org to get the winning comment! Because of shipping cost this giveaway will only be open to followers in the United States. Sorry Ladies, but I will try to have another contest open to everyone soon!

Friday, November 11, 2011

Happy Veterans Day! Thank you to the men, women, and their families who sacrifice so much to keep our country free! God Bless America!

I wanted to share this AMAZING peanut butter cookie recipe I have used for years! I can't tell you the number of positive comments I have had on these cookies! They are just that good! I mean the recipe calls for a WHOLE jar of peanut butter, how can they not be awesome? Ha ha! They are crisp on the outside and super moist on the inside. If you like hard cookies this is not the cookie for you, but if you attack the cookies as soon as they get out of the oven (like I do) just to get the soft, melt in your mouth goodness, then here is the recipe for you! ;) I copied and pasted the recipe here, but this is the link to it on allrecipes.com.

1 cup white sugar ( I have used 2 cups white sugar and they still turned out great!)

1 cup packed brown sugar

2 egg ( I use 3 eggs, so I don't waste.)

1 egg yolk

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

1 (18 ounce) jar peanut butter

2 cups all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 cup chopped peanuts ( I don't put peanuts in mine.)

In a large bowl cream butter, white sugar, and brown sugar until smooth. Add the eggs, yolks, and vanilla; mix until fluffy. Stir in peanut butter. Sift together the flour, baking soda, and salt; stir into the peanut butter mixture. Finally, stir in the peanuts. Refrigerate the dough for at least 2 hours.

Roll dough into walnut sized balls. Place on the prepared cookie sheet and flatten slightly with a fork. Bake for 12 to 15 minutes in the preheated oven. Cookies should look dry on top. Allow to cool for a few minutes on the cookie sheet before removing to cool completely on a rack. These cookies taste great when slightly undercooked. ( First I use a cookie scoop and leave them in mounds to bake for 10 minutes, then I pull them out to put the fork indentions on top, and bake for another 3 minutes for perfection!!! This way they keep the fork indention, because a peanut butter cookie is NOT a peanut butter cookie with out them!) :)

Here is some cute pictures of my babies helping make (i.e. eating) the cookie dough.

I made the little place cards with my Cricut, and found the material at Hancock Fabrics for the place mats and napkins. Four place settings for $16, not bad ;). I am really loving this print too, it reminds me of Pottery Barn, or Ballard Design fabrics!

Thank you all so much for your sweet comments which keep me going! Sometimes I am just not sure about how my projects are turning out, and then I will hear my phone ding. With those encouraging words I get so much more inspired to create more beautiful things! I really get so excited to read your feedback! God bless you all.

Saturday, November 5, 2011

I don't know about you, but I love me some YHL (aka: "Young House Love"). I seriously stalk their page daily to read their new posts and search the old ones for inspiration! :) Well, Sherry from YHL and Katie from Bower Power came up with the...

I was at a lost as to what to do for my project, I mean, have you ever visited Pinterest? It is inspiration overload! I will get on for just a minute to look for something, and two hours later I am still pining!!! LOL! Well I was sick this week and looking around as I laid dying on the couch ;) . I started moving things around in my head (I have decorating super powers, haha). I knew if I moved my Art Blocks to a different wall I could use that space for this...

Enter Shelley from house of Smiths AMAZING-NESS!!! Sick or not I had to have these shelves asap! So the next day off to Lowe's I ran, there I met Travis, my Lowe's handy helper (sorry only a mom of two little ones who watches Disney channel all morning long will get my humour), LOL.

Here is where the AWESOME part comes in ... Lowe's did almost all my cutting for me! I had him cut the 5 1/2 in board down to 42 inches, and 32 inches. ( Because of where my studs were on the wall I could not fit 3ft and 4ft shelves.) Next he cut my trim to 44 inches and 34 inches and 4 pieces at 6 1/2 inch (to leave room for the miter cut) I only had to do 8 miter cuts at home, which saved me some serious time!

After we thanked Travis for his great costumer service we were back in the car and home in 45 mins flat for the total trip. Talk about instant gratification! Next I made the 4 miter cuts and used my brad nailer to nail it together in 20 mins, we are doing good! I found the can of stain from our kitchen cabinets and added one coat to the brackets with a foam brush. I really wanted to stain my brackets to play on the contrast from the shelves and tie into my cabinets since they are right across from them!

While they dried I caulked all the holes and cracks. I left it over night to dry and painted it with 2 coats in the morning. My canned tomatoes were perfect for painting blocks. Next, I found where my studs were and hung both sets of brackets, then added the white shelves on top, and shot 2 brad nails from the top into the top of the brackets. Now it was time to decorate...

Looking around the house I found a few things here and there and threw this together... Not bad for not buying a thing. Can you believe I found those cute little berry branches on a tree in our yard! ;) Added a little vinyl and I was finished!

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Hello! My name is Jeni, I am 27 yrs. old. I have 3 great loves in my life... My wonderful husband Greg, my handsome little man Cole, and my sweet and sassy baby girl Abigail Grace! I have been so blessed beyond all measure, so undeserving of HIS love for me! May God be glorified in me as I strive to be the best Mother, Wife, and Child.

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